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"THE TYPHOON.

THE RELIEF fund.

FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS.

Ist inst. Mr. H. Hunter, the hon. treasurer, acknow

ledges with thanks the following subscrip.

$77,223.6

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Already acknowledged

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199.57

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Mici Bish Goshi Kwaisha...

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Netherlands Trading Society and Staff

1,000

Hugher & Hough

day and

250

Palmer & Turner

250

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Stuff, Chica and Japan Telephone &

Electric Co....

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A. F. Arculi...

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100

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590,451.7 THE CANTON RIVER FLEET.

DOWN RIVER STEAMERS WEATHER, BOÙNH.

The first arrivals in port of the Capton River fleet of passenger steaners since Friday morning last were the 'ss, Hankow and the ss. Kwangtung which came in within a few minutes of each other yesterday (Sunday) fore noon. The storm of Friday night and Satur day was responsible for no less than three river boats and four ocean, steamers bound down from Canton laying in shelter from Fri- day wight until Sunday morning. To relate the experiences of any one of these seven steamers is to narrate the identical account of the rest; all being anchored within a radius of a few hundred yards of one another went through the same incidents throughout the thirty-six hours previous to the vessels weigh ing anchor for Hongkong on Sunday morning, The s. Hankow," Capt. B. Branch, of Mevors, Butterfield and Swire, was the first to reach Hongkong yesterday, and on her arrival particulars of her voyage were gathered on board. The Hankow left Canton on her usual return trip on Friday, evCD- ing, 28th ult, at 6.43. p.m. Proceeding down river no eventful incident occurred and there were no indications at the time of an impending storm. At ten o'clock the same night the Hankou met the French steamer -Paul Beau, Vingking and Powas within seven minutes of one another on their way up to Canton from Hongkong. The Handow.stop ped and spoke these vessels, when Capt Branch learnt that at 5 o'clock on Friday eveo- ing the typhoon gun had been fired at Hong- kong indicating the approach' of a gale. The up-ver steamers after imparting the inform ation to the Hankos proceeded to Canton. At this time those on board the flankow observed *the s.5. Kwonglung (Capt. Walker) returning to anchor. The s.s. Pankow soon after turned round and anchored off Tai-lung-Island. This was at 10.30 p.m. To continue the journey would be to run right into the gale which beganto blow with great forcein the vicinity of Hongkong shortly after eleven o'clock on Friday night. In anchoring at the time he did Capt. Branch the utmost caution dictated

THE HONGKONG Telegraph, SATURDAY OCTOBER 6 1906.

Saturday, 2 p.m.,' 29",,45′,"Towest reading

recorded...

Then rose gradually until Sunday when at 6 o'clock in the morning the register indicated 29.85', the steamer weighing anchor for Hong koug shortly after. In conversation Pilot Christie was heard to observe that never, in all his experience, had he known such irregularity in the readings of the glass in a storm like that of Saturday inst. It was all the more strange as the athum followed in such rapid succession the typhoons, which had passed within a very few days previously.

The Hankow sighted the Kinikan ashoro_`at Castle Peak, shorily" after 8 mm. On being | N

LARGE JUNK ADRIFT. On Saturday, during the storm, a large jonk was observed to be drifting helplessly out to the west. The juok appeared to have been abandoned, as there were no signs of life to be seen on board of her.

„OFFENSIVE GARBAGE.

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The Sanitary Department-bad been doigg refuse lying all along the Praya Central and all it could to remove the piles of garbage and West, when the storm of Saturday came along and stopped them in the work. The result

see if the ship was holding. Abend was only the flying rain and spray..

Every now and then a big ship, dragging her anchors as if they were of wood, slid past us, fortunately clear. Until they were right upon us we had no warning and they passed in a flash. Watching in between the rifts of the mist, we tried to gauge the holding of our own

fast and doing all we could to make each other ship, asking questions of each other as to she was going to lesward or holding sure that we were not going to let go the bottom

whether

signalled she have to and picked up Capt, w* [ mblo, The Sanitary oficials, no doubt, with the sailor's voice would grow carnest and deep, a

one experience was more than sufficient,

"GOOD ROADS."

is that today the offensive odours along after all. But the worst feature of it all was that district have been well nigh unendorsing the small boats go flying past bound for

what we knew was destruction." Herd 'the'] # best Threations; smothered the beaps with lime and disinfectants of sorts, and the resultant he looked back at the scenes he bad witnessed combined stench can be better imagined that fate was in the balance that trembled with There was nothing we could do. Our own described. No one going along that thorough every squall that came down heavier than the are on, business returned by the same route-

one before, and threatening to pull our mud hooks out of the bottom or bring the bottom up. To the sampans where entire families of Chinese live their whole liver, wo

ging in mid appeals that we could not even hear, only guess at, from the expression of their faces as they were whirled along the side of our. ship, in much the same way that a piece of sea weed is buried by the crest of a sea. We could only look at them, and pity them, and there we crouched for more than and most of the time the tears were streaming down the face of the three of us as we looked at the poor creatures going to death and could not fit a hand to save them.

If anyone there be needing confirmation of, before endorsing the Hon. Mr. Haweit's re-

men

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Father Algus has prepared a cypher code, so word wired from the Observatory to different thorough and comprehensive, that ona single.

slations conveys a paragraph of information forecast. These reports are sent at moon each regarding the state of the weather, and the day, but in time of threatening weather they are sent much oftener,

in spite of her heavy hamper, was lying snugly i marks about the condition of the roads, as would held out their children, to'ns beg. rounding Formosa, on the Sicawet daily charts, master's office where the shipping public and

B. Clark from the shoke 30 ceded by reported on Friday, Capt. Clarke proceeded by his Company's despatch vessel-the Lungshan -to direct the further operations attending the salving of the Kinshun by the Dock Co.'s dredger, the Canton River. Both the latter vessels weathered the storm on Friday and Saturday. There was little or no change in the position ofthe Einshan, and the Canton River, at, anchor. Our latest information is thattered at the last Legislative Council, he need the effect of the mind and waves had only walk or drive zoo yards west of Blake been to partly fill up the channel the Fier, and he will get all and more of any cop

firmation he wants. There also the Hon. the dredger had been cutting for the Kinshan, on the sandy bed of the Bay at Brothers' Point. Director of Public Works should find an object Although unfortunately causing the re-floating lesson! of the riverboat to be retarded, the partial sili- ing up of the channel in no way endangers the absolute security of the Kinshan or lessens hier chances of taking to sea again.

The Hankow passed the wreck of the freung Jagat sonic distance. No signals were ex- changed between the two vessels, and as far as could be judged by those on board the former the stranded steamer was apparently is no worse plight than she was in be fore the third storm of the fortnight, The salvage steamer Protector was close to the fieungshaff at anchok

THE S.5. “KWONGTUNG.",

When seen on yoard the s.s. Kroongfung at Douglas's Wharf shortly after noon yesterday, Capt. Walker courteously tendered every in- formation our representative sought to obtain.

He stated that he left Canton on Friday at 5.30 p.m. with a full general cargo and the full complement of Chinese passengers, about 600 all told, and carried besides about fifty head of cattle. Before leaving Canton he observed a vivid sunset and had fajnt suspicions that a storm would be approaching somewhere in the neighbourhood Journeying down river-the ing Tiger Island he met the Hongkong sight passage was smooth and uneventful. Reach boats going up river, which led him to conclude that the vessels must have left

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CEMETERY WALL COLLAPSES. The After effects of the typhoon ta now being felt in the Colony. On Friday night last the retaining wall that divides the Roman Catholic and Pablic, cemeteries collapsed. Shortly after this occurred a portion of the hillside fell into the Catholic cemetery and several of the graves were damaged. This is the third time that we have had to report the enllapsing of this retaining wall. The damage done on this occasion is estimated at $2,000,

were enabled to send the first waming: "Ty Colonial Secretary's Office, phoon South of Meinco. Sima" to pat ships Singapore, agth September, 1906. leaving for the South upon their guard. This

MANILA AND HONGKONG OBSERVATORIES, was cabled to the China Coau Semaphores, on

A CUMPARISON. Saturday, 15ib, at 11.30 am,

Referring to the Hongkong story and Cap- The direction of the centre could not yet betain Outerbridge's laudatory remarks regarding surmised. The bulletin printed the following the Manila Observatory, which is one of the most admirable institutions in the Orient, pro- day, the 16th, noted that the movement was bringing the centre towards the S. end of Forsided over as it is by ons of the most eminent musa. At the S. Cape, the N. breeze had meteorological scientists in the world, Father freshened to force 6, and a N. gale, force 8, was Algue, it is of interest to know, the manner by setting is at the Pescadores. About noon a

which the Observatory matter is distributed in new signal was real out telling that the cyclone Manila and elsewhere. was nearing the E shares of the Island, with

Blow

motion All the stations seem to have been too far from the central vortex to determine more moving towards Formosa and China. to the accurately its direction, though it was clearly afternoon we had to forecast rough weather in the Channel, with strong N, winds a ong the coast, N. of it, up to the Chusan.

The worst of the 'cyclone was not in the centre of the isobars, which are shown sur but in the southem most pari, near the Bashee Channel. It may be that the violent vortex was formed not far from Formosa.

Two points seem quite clear: First, that the vortex, while advancing Westward, was deepen ing more and more; indeed, though it did not pass so far from the S. Cape as from the Pescadores, yet the fall of the glass at Hakoto (Pescadores) was heavier than at the other station (Koshun). The next day, Bill at Swatow, the minimum as lower, though at still greater distance. The second remark is that the storm, which first travelled to W.N.W. roughly) seems to bays deflected little by little to W. or possibly W.S.W, as it approached the China coast. The reason may have been the high readings then prevailing in Siberia and Mongola, which were progressively encroach ing over the Yangtze Valley. From the 15th to the 16th, the barometers had risen fram 30.24 to 30-35 at Troikossavsk (S.- of ke la discussing the work of the Hongkongaika As a consequence, the pressure Observatory and the warning given the ship went up from the 16th to 17th, hom 29.76 to ping, Captain Outerbridge was most em 10 of at Shanghai, and to 30.00 phatic in his blame, contrasting the work of the and chand. This served to make the gradi weather people there with the work of Father ent steeper and to increase the violence of the Algue and his staff of observers here, to the utter condemnation of the Hongkong men.

hour

"About two hours after the beginning of the blow it began to slacked. Then it fell calin. The centre was passing. Laiter the breeze sprang up again to a strong gale, but the atmosphere cleared and the sight presented by Hongkong harbour was the greatest scene of wreck and desolation that I ever saw. All around nothing, but wrecks. The small boats were piled up on the beaches and the larger ships stranded on the shoale."

vortex:

Hankow

In bad weather, as soon as the cypher word is received by the Harbour-master it is traps. laidd, typewritten and posted at the Harbour. all others concerned can see the information conveyed. Copies of these notices are sent to all Government offices; the Admiral of the station, and, by launch, to the masters of all vessels in the harbour. If the storm is dan gerous'ather hare or in the southern or Chica +eas.-vessels scheduled to sail are warned, and generally defer their sailing until more settled weather obtains.

to connection with these Observatory reports the Hydrographic Office notices to marinom, And pilut charts, are furnished gratis to all shipmasters at the Harbour-master's office. The Coast and Geodetic Survey publications and charts can also be obtained upon payment of a small fee. This, according to Captain Outerbridge, is very different from the weather reports of the Hongkong Observatory. The Harbour-master's office especially shows every courtesy in its treatment of mariners: Manila Times.

TENDERS FOR PHILIPPINE VESSELS.

HONGKONG DOCK CO.'S CHANCES COOD.

AN INTERVIEW WITH MANILA'S LLOYD'S SURVEYOR.

port earlier than the schedule time for coolies were reported as missing.up to this that raised by private subscriptions. It is up. stretch of sea, south of the Channel spacious iò which we were able to place before our

lear of a storm. He spake the Yingking at 9.30 p.m. These vessels signatted to the Atoongtung that the black signal had been hoisted in Hongkong. Capt. Walker, cordingly, thought advisable to turn round and anchor, This was about to p.m. on the 18th September. The vessel remain- ed at anchor until 6.159. on Sunday, the 30th Sept. The weather throughout was described as overcast, squally and generally. bad, the lowest reading of the glass was 39 46 at 3 p.m. on Saturday. At anchor near the Kaconglung were the s.s. Hankow, Powar Sullberg, Mathilde and. Chef-all bound down. The Chinese passengers were ade- quately supplied with biscuits kept on board for emergencies. Capt. Walker bad tea tips upened, which were freely distributed to the lower deck passengers who cared to avail them seives of the ship's rations. The better class Chinese elected to obtain their meals from the compradore's department on payment. The Atungtung sighted the Lungshan ashore in Lanino gear the Brothers.

THE SS. "LUNGSHÂN,” ~~

The Zengshen as reported proceeded to the Kinshow on Friday. At the height of the storm she was run ashore on a sandy beach in Lantao almost directly opposite the Kinshan. on the mainland. The Lungsten is undamaged. Capi, W. E, Clarke set out this morning on a hired launch to Laptao and was expected back this afternoon..

THE KEONG "WAT,"

·FATAL COLLAPSE OF SERVANTS' QUARTERS. At about eight o'clock on Saturday night the retaining wall near "Braeside," a boarding house, kept by Mrs. Watt, at No. 10, Macdonnell Road, collapsed, and this resulted in the coolic quarters and the cook-house of the boarding house being razed to the ground. The matter was communicated to the police by telephone, and police reserves and firemen, in charge of

As far as can be seen, from the curves itacéd Chief Inspector Baker and Inspector Smith,

with the tri-daily observations received from repaired to the scene at once. On arriving at.

A GENEROUS SUGGESTION.

Formosa, the centre passed on the 16th, about the spot they were informed that a number of There are some interesting points about our

ya.m., off the 5. Cape, and about 3 p.m., S. of Servants were in the quarters at the time of the special telegrams from Hongkong printed to collapse and as they were not to be seen it was day, remarks the Singapore Free Press of 22nd

The Pescadores, where a heavy N,W. gale was felt at ↑ þ.m. (These measures are of course the general opinion that they were buried in ult. The Governor of that Colony, Sir Mat- dragged out luce meu from the débris. A fund in aid of the sufferers by the typhoons.al scanty information, to trace our the move. the dbpir: The police went to work and soon the Nathan, has promptly started a relief waly approximate). Henceforth, from lack of stations, it is not possible for us, with our actu- litle later a third man was located, but it was According to frequent precedents, the Hongkong discovered that, he was dead. Two other Legislative Council is to vole as equal sum to

ments of the centre, through the

The first information at our disposal is from morning. A gang of coolies, in charge of the fortunate that the Straits Government with all

the M. M. steatmer Océanien carrying the French palice, were at work during the whole of Satur iis new financial liabilities must now took par

Mail to Shanghai, The ship left Hongkong. day night and Sunday and well into this morn-rowly into questions of ways and means. But og clearing away the dorts and searching we feel convinced that it would be a graceful the 17th, at 3.30 p.m. When out of the for the two missing me. The man who and a humane act, if Sir John Anderson would Hongkong passes, Commandant Couret noted, was killed in the collapse was one of invite the Legislative Council of this Colony in his very full report, very variable E. breezes, Dr. Clarke's chair coolies. The collapse is said to do what lay in its power to help to alleviate whether this swell was due to the very unsic dy with light (but well-marked) Ely swell. to be caused by a landslip crashing into the the large distress at Honkong. The amount

Breezes, or was the swell of the typhoon, can retaining wall causing that to give way.

need not be great, but the giving it will be a

nat be determined with any certainty, though neighbourly act

the latter alternative seems the more likely.

· Weather remained fair until 8.30 p.m. when the sky became overcast and lightning was seen near the horizon. At 9.30 p.m. squalls began to be felt, fust from E: N. E., then from ́ N. E, as they became steadier and more violent. The seas from E, and S, b. were soon enormous, and the Captain was forced to heave to, steering , to keep clear of the coast, the ship labour ing heavily,

SCHOOL. WALL, COLLAPSES,

The wall at the entrance of Ellis Kadoorie's School, in New Street, West Point, came down with a crash on Saturday, but fortunately o further damage was done.

HOUSES DAMAGED AT VAUMATI. "Over a dozen houses in Reclamation Street and Macdonald Road, Yaumati, are more or less seriously damaged. The walls of many have collapsed, and the roofs of a few were blown away. No lives were lost, however.

AT SHAU KI-WAN, The roads at Shau-ki-wan are in a terrible condition now: In some parts the roads are badly caved in.

suffered greatly through wind and rain,

The roofs of houses in this locality have also

SALT JUNK Dashed to PIECES. A sal junk, carring a crew of thirty-one per- suns, and a cargo of 6,000 piculs of salt, was dashed to pieces on the rocks at Shek O on Saturday night. Seven of the crew were drowned and one seriously injured by a falling spar. The survivors of the salt junt succeeded it reaching Shau-ki-wan Police Station yester The Keong Wat, German steamer. bad today where they reported the matter to Inspector pot into this port for repairs, having experi-Robertson. They estimated their loss at enced the full blast of the typhoon, and suffer-- ed damage proportionately. This vessel was $19,400. The injured man was removed to on her way from Swatow to Bangkok, with

bospital, and the others placed under the pro- lection of the Tùng Wa Hospital. [Shek O ́is general cargo and Boo coolies as steerage pas. sengers, but on account of the damage she

an island about seven miles from Shau-ki-wan.] sustained she was unable to continue her voy age and was forced to bring more work for the Dock Company. Her funnel may have been, what the Americans call a "smoke-stack" once-it might have been anything when she came limping into the harbour, to seek the hospitality of the port, and of the Dock Com-

the angry seas could snatch from her, and she presented almost the appearance of a derelict hulk. She now lies in Kowloon Bay, awaiting a vacant berib, to go into hospital.

wa bora of the experience of pany. There was but little left on deck that

THE HOR-SAÐIL”.

by good many years' trading in these waters.

For an hour or two after anchoring, no abnormal weather prevailed. Shortly before midnight, however, it commenced to blow very hard with heavy rain, squalls. Throughout Saturday there was no sign of the wind mo-

The ss. Hop Sang had a very narrow escape derating; quite a gale blew all that day, the

'from being piled on the rocks in Hunghom wind gradually veering to Eastward with heavy Bay. She dragged her moorings, lost her an squalls.

On that day (29th Sept.) the s.s. Poran left chors, and got adrift, and was at the mercy of wind, and wave, and the result might have Canton for Hongkong.ai 8 a.m. At about noon Capt. Valentine decided to anchor also; the been another disaster, gone to swell the already Pouras dropped her "mud book" within hail-heavy list of losses to the shipping in and about the harbour. However, the Robert Cooke took ing distance of the paddle wheeler.

charge of her and soon had her once again moored in a place of safety.

It was not until a late hour on Saturday after noon that the gale began to ease down a little, the wind appearing to be at its height at a p.m. when the barometer read 11 45 the lowest

treading recorded on board "dur. ing the

The steamers had sought safety in a well sheltered position: for in spite of the violence of the wind the sea at no time was lashed into fury, and but for the shrieking wind-itcould not be conjectured by the smooth- nets of the water that a gafe of almost typhoon force was raging in the vicinity. There was apparently, & full during the early part of Saturday night. From two a four o'clock in the morning of Sunday it began to blow again, There were two or three squalls at intervals from the SE. and those on board spoke of them as of terrific force. In fact, Capt. Branch ex- pressed bis belief that "it blew harder than ever it had beeb jelt before."

MEMORIAL SERVICES.

At the services. at St. John's Cathedral yes- terday, memorial sermons were preached in the morning by the Venerable Archdeacon Banpister, and in the evening by the Rev. J. H. France, the oldest acquaintances and fellow- workers of the late Bishop Hoare, in comme moration of whom the services were specially held. Both speakers delivered very eloquent addresses, full of eulogy of the prelate, who had beco called away, and of sympathy for his sud- denly bereaved family. At the close of each service funeral dirges were played by Mr. Den man Fuller, the organist of the Cathedral, the congregation standing the while.

CAPT: OUTERBRIDGE ON THE TYPHOON.

THE.S.S. "TAMINO'S" EXPERIENCES. When Captain Outerbridge, of the China Navigation Company's steamer Taming an- chored his ship in this barbour, yesterday, says the Munilu Callencwn of 25th ult, he brought the first story of an eye-witness of the typhoon at Hongkong a week ago to-day that caused the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars' worth of property, afloat and ashore.

The Tuming was four days and a balf-com- ing from Hongkong and passed through twa other typhoons, in one of which she was hove ta for eight hours, about 120 miles north-west of Bolinao light.

THE ADMIRAL'S SYMPATHETIC

MESSAGE.

THE GOVERNOR'S REPLY.

2nd inst.

His Excellency the Governor has received the following telegram from the Commander- in-Chief, China Station:-

"Just received details: typhoon., Squadron. offers sincere sympathy to Colony,

ADMIRAL Moorn."

to which His Excellency has replied:-

On behalf of Colony I express deep grati. tude for kind message of sympathy.

"NATHAN,"

S.S. "MONTEAGLE" IN DOCK.

The whole report cannot be quoted here. At midnight, the gale was veering from E.W.E.

3rd inst. In connection with an exclusive telegram published in our issue of the 27th September, from our special correspondent at Manila,

readers the specifier tenders of the respective firma of shipbuilders, tendering for the cop- struction of three vessels and the hull of a steami launch for the Philippine Government, a Hongkong Talegraph reposter to-day inter viewed Mr. William Swan, Lloyd's Surveyor at Manila, on the subject., Mr. Swah arrived in the Colony last evening per s.s. Kubi,

Before entering on the subject our repre rentative placed a copy of the Hongkong Tele graph of 27th ult: before Mr. Swan and pointed out the telegram, already referred to, at tha same time asking Mr. Swan for the latest information he may possess on the subject.. He studied the cable for a while and turuing. to th

the newspaperman asked:

"Did you copy this from a Manila paper 2a The interviewer amiled at the interrogator, who evidently had little idea of the enterprise of the Colonial Press, and pointed out to Mr. Swan that the cable was dated 27th September and that it was printed-in the paper that even-

were opened at Manila only that morning,

10 Eat.m. on the 18th. violent easterly should be noted that sealed teaders

quails; at 1.30 a.m. full sterm from E.S.E, the centre was passing 5. of the vessel. The glass stopped falling about 2 a.m. and rose rapidly at 2.30 am. the wind shifting gradually In S.E. The minimum registered, all correc tions made, was agm. 57. The steamer was then not far from Breaker Paint, having steer- ed up to 10 p.m. at the rate of 13.5 kno!s.

H.M.S, Flora, which was drydocked in the No. 1,dock at Kowloon last week for cleaning and geoeral overhaul, was undocked this mom- It is worth noticing, that while the Oceanien ing The cruiser's place was almost im was in the struggle with the storm, S.W. of mediately taken by the C. P. R. Co.'s 4.5. Swalow, the Kanchow, Captain Z. Meathrel, fonteagle, of the intermediate service, which experienced a heavy NE gale far north of the had been lying at anchor some days at the far Channel, from 8 p.m. to midnight, and went, eastern section of the anchorage awaiting theat 4 am, on the 18th to take a shelter under available berth in the Admiralty dock for re- Trico Island in lat. zy. Let us remark also pairs which are generally believed to be more that the French mail, as soon as she could or less extensive. As far as could be ascertain.

make out the land, found herself 13 miles N. ed from the first examination of the condition of the estimated position; a strong current had of the vessel in drydock this morning, it is set in, owing doubtless to the mass, of sea known that the Montargle, through the effects

water pushed toward, or driven by the violent of the tossing and bumping she experienced cyclone towards the coast of China: this is the on the morning of the 18th inst., escaped with, phenomenon of the disastrous cyclone waves so to speak, comparatively small damages. "so.well-known in the Bay of Bengal and else Her rudder is goat the huge propeller of the being carried away. The sieropost has suffered mammoth liner is twisted, besides some blades damage, and there is a suspicion that, upon closer examination, it will be discovered that the Monteagle's keel has pot altogether.escaped hurt, though it is hoped that the worst may not be as bad as first repons make it to be.

5.5. "VOLUTE” IN THE TYPHOON"

DECK. FITTINGS DAMAGED.

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catastrophe are too well-known to be reported As regards Hongkong the particulars of the

here. The daily fall of the 17th, had been rather deep, but we do not know exactly the time of the lowest reading during the storm. Taking as an approximation 9.30 am, in the iniddle of the hurricane we find that from the passage S. of the French Mail, the cyclone had travelled with a velocity of about 13.7 miles an hour. The rate was apparently increasing from Formosa When we compare the curves traced on the tri-daily observations of South Cape and the Pescadores, it appears that nearly 7 hours were taken to pass from the first station to the second: pow, from the S. end of For mosa, to the passage, S. of the Orfanien, the distance was crossed on the track, in about 34 hours, which makes a quan velocity of 7.5 to 8 miles an hour; there it every reason to believe that it was increased gradually.

SINGAPORE'S GOODWILL

MANILA AND HONGKONG DUSERVATORIES COMPARED.

“I see said Mr. Swan. "I did not notice that. You were pretty slick in getting that telegram-and figures too! "It was not printed in any of the papers in Manila up to the time left. Mr. Swag left Manila on the 29th ultimo,

Refering to the tenders Mr. Swan was ask- ed if the Manila Government had come to any decision as to what firm they were going to... allot the contract to, and what chauces the Hongkong Deck Co. stood.

"The work has not as, yel been allotted to any one as negotiations are still being carried on. But I am nearly certain that the three ships (the single screw sea-going tug; a stern paddle wheel steamer and a single screw steam launch] will come to Hongkong."

I suppose." remarked the reporter,-"that after all the lowest sender will secure the work?"

"I am almost certain of that," was the reply.

HONGKONG'S TENDER.

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in all other things Hongkong's tender was the lowest. The tenders were as follows:-

(1.) The Shanghai Dock and Engineering. Catam

for Tug 505.37G{U.S. gold).

19,980

,, Launch

-41

Steamer

39,220

"Huil 15.540

(2) Hongkong & Whanspo, Dock Co., La:

for Tug $86,250 (U.S..gold).

Lausch

17.540 Steamer 25,449 "Hull

12,146

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(3.) Findlay & C

for Tug $106,885 (U.S. gold),

This firm did not tender for the other vessels (4.) The Uraga Deck Co., of Japan, for

Tog $109, çoo (U.S. gold).

No hids received from this Company for the other vessels.

Mr. Swan, will only be here for a day or two, as he is on his way to Shanghai,

THE GOVERNOR OF HỒNGRONG.

It seems to us a bare dozen years since Cap. Simla as one of the younger lions of the De tain Nathan, R. E., was a familiar figure at fence Committee. Since then he has been the Home Guards, later on became a Political on the Gold Coast, and is now Sir Matthew

The German steamer Velute, which - left Captain Outerbridge was at Observatory discussing the typhoon with Father Algae Singapore for this on the 23rd ultimo, steamed into port this morning in a most disreputable when he was found by the Cablenews, and "his story told as the priests listened with under condition, having had a touch of the typhoon, In all she took nine days to do the journey. standing eyes, was as thrilling as could well be imagined, and lost nothing in the grave the night of the 28th ultime and well into the The Volute got into the teeth of the gale on earnestness of the tones of the sailor.

"It was a little ofler seven o'clock in the 9th. She was then about 150 miles from morning when I awoke at my home in Hong Hongkong According to the captain's report the wind blew with hurricane force, and the kang," said the Captain, "and after a romp with my little girl, happened to look out of the sea which ran mountain high was continually. window. At that time the sky was clear and washing over the verses doing serious da there was and, the slightest, visible warning of not to the ship itself, although she was badly the Terrible wind that was then not far away: pliched about but to her deck fittings. Every

As I looked out of the window I happened to

inpreable thing on deck was either washed see the sampan and small boat mea violentlyls were ripped from their positions, sky: overboard or will require renewing. Deck excited and hurrying to shelter in all direc ions. There could be but one explanation lights smashed and life-boats' stove in, and. window I saw the signal hoisted on the receiv And that, a typhoon. Leaning out of the other minor articles "to be replaced," too

maxy to mention.

In fact, the ship looked like a wreck when viewed from the waterfront, ing ship.

You can imagine how little warning anybody E. Stott requisitioned for services of the sur Soon after the vessel was auchored Captain had when the first signal was hoisted at 7-4 veyar, who made a minute examination of the Hongkong.. Reading between the lines of the glad, if only for the sake of his old association and the typhooo gun fired at 8.20. Less than half an hour in which to prepare a fleet worth boat. The vessel will not go to deck. Re millions for a cyclone.

pairs to her will be completed in a day or tWO when she will be able to leave this barbour again looking spick and span once more.

The Voluis is a vessel of 2,599 tons. She brought with her a cargo of petroleum.

SICAWEI OBSERVATORY NOTES.

Sicawei, aznd September, 1906, friends have applied to the observatory for in

So many paval officers, shipmasters and other formation respecting the disastrous typhoon of the 18th, that we feel we meet a general desire though they must necessarily be very imper in publishing at once the following notes, fect and will have to be completed, and per- the cable, we could, and got up steam, How documents are at hand, which we hope to As soon as I hit the deck we gave her all | hips corrected, when the observations and

It seemed to me that it could not be blowing navigating friends. fast the wind was blowing then, I have no idea receive as usual by the kindness of our less than a hundred and fifty miles an hour," The storm was a typhoon, with a narrow and here the two priests nodded in sympathy diameter, but regularly shaped; somewhat of with the feelings the ship master. By that the one which took the coast between Amoy Buoys, which were capsized in the disaster. of whole barbour was a mist of driving scud and instant

After all the trouble of getting the Fairway time," continued Captain Outerbridge, “the and Swalew; during the night of the 9th

their proper positions, they were again top. the 18th Inst. righted and ready to replace in spindrift. There was no seeing through it; it The first signs of the new disturbance were, was like a wall, of cutting log. With my once more given by the Japanese observations' pled over by Saturday's blow, and all the la. two officers got up in the very bows in the islands E. of Formosa, the importance bour of righting them will have to be done of the ship and "crouching, bebind the steel of which cannot be overestimated. With over again,

plates we watched with horrible eagerness to 3 there, and the telegrams from Formoss, we

SUSPECTED LOSS AT GAP ROCK... Notwithstanding that in coming steamers re.

Kissing my wife good-bye 1 made for the ported that on passing Cap Rock, everything

water front as fast as I could. It was then Ppeared as usual, the absence of direct news from that point caused the Harbour authorities blowing a heavy gale and all the team launches to suspect that something was amiss, and in were scurrying for shelter. Bly good luck and once that department's launch Stanley, the payment of 25 dollars I secured a launch which has been doing such good work since then take me out to my ship. It was a hard job terrible 18th inst, was despatched this moming to make the distance, less than half a mile, and to investigate. She is expected back to-night when I got alongside, it was impossible to board the vessel by any gangway. But I had to get aboard, and they threw me a line from and jumped overboard from the launch and the ship which I made fast around my body

THE VACUUM DIL,'CO."

The Hankow got under way again at 6.45 8. on Sunday (Sept. 30). Her companions in shelter were the Pawan, Kwonglung, the chartered gs. Sullberg, the Chowfannd two other ocean-going steamers. The Hantowcontinued the voyage to Hongkong without incident. Several savere squalls were experienced all the way down as far as Lig-tin when the weather cleared and port was made in the forenoon. to report The Hankow moored alongside her wharf at

The Vacuum Oil Company report that two 11a.m. She had on board three European, pallengers besides Capt, Christie, Jardine's Chinese lighters were lost in the typhoon, one well-koowa pilot on the Canton River. The off the Norddeutscher Lloyd's godown at West number of Chinese passengers was about oight Point, and one near the s.s. Verona, These hundred, none of whom at any time manifested lighters were laden with barrels and cases of the faintest symptom of alarm. They took the company's product, which are believed to their enforced prolongation of the voyage in a have been blown or drifted in-ahore some- practical manner; those who did not provide where, and are now being sought. Themselves with meals had ample provision served out to them by the orders of Capt. Branch who and whose officers made of the bundreds of passenger' novel experience as ittle Irksome as possible under the circum- VIANCO.

The barometric readings are interesting: Friday, midnight, ag" jo'. ·

THE FAIRWAY BUOYS.

was hauled aboard.

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3rd inst The Straits Times, of 25th Sept, says: The following communication has been ad- dressed to the Straits Times and is published here as being by far the best mode of affording explanation to the public in the Straits as to Nathan, the capable and, we understand, very the Colony's attitude at present in reference to popular Governor of Hoogkong. We are very the proposed transmission of monetary help, to

with engineering in India, to learn from the Hon. Captain Arthur Young's letter reveals to Hongkong Telegraph that Sir Matthew, is busy us all the situation of our Sister Crown Colony making things huor in the matter of railway as the more pathetic and deplorable. If we in communications. The information that Hong the Straits need not be called upon to help kong is going to spend two millions sterling with money, our bearts at all events go forth in on railways has been already chronicled sympathy with the afflicted and the distressed. these pages. It is very high time that British

To the Editor of the Straits Times.

interests in China began as they now seem to Sir-With reference to the request made by have done to look out for themselves instead. the Legislative Council on Friday last, on the initiatives. We wish Sir Matthew Nathan the Honourable Mr. Napler at the meeting of of waiting for more German and Belgian subject of tbls Government rendering help to every success in this project and shall look the Colony of Hongkong in the terrible catas out with interest for further and more technical you that this Government has been in com- trophe which she has suffered, I have to inform details.—Indian Engineering, munication with the Governor of Hongkong

the effect that, while most grateful for the Hazelend, at the Police Court on Wednesday, on this subject. A reply has been received to Two cart coolies were charged before Mr. F.A. expression of sympathy, the Government of with carelessly driving a truck along Fedder Hengkong with the aid of private subscriptions Street on Teekday afternoon. The complainant wilf, "it is considered, be able to do all that is was a ricksha coolle, who held that the defend. necessary for the selief of survivor. So many ants were on the wrong side of the road. He whole families have been lost among the boat was driving a European fare at the time, and population that the number to be relieved is when he turned into Pedder Street from relatively small as compared with the extent of Queen's Road he ran squarely into the track the disaster. I have the honour to be, Sir, and was bowled over, damaging his hand. His Your obedient servant,

fare, jumped from the ricksha before it west over. The defendants denied the allegation and were ordered by the Court to give the

(Bigned) ARTHUR Young,

Colonial Secretary,

Straite Settlements. ' complainent $3 compensation.